A man marries the beautiful daughter of a witch. After he clouts her over the head, she tells him "Now that we're married, you'll have to stop being so mean to mother."; A washed-up reporter needs to come up with a scoop or he will be fired. He meets Death, who reveals future tragedies to him so that he can write up the stories, but there is a heavy price to pay.; A reclusive actor refuses to leave the stage to act in films. An accident reveals his true hideous face which causes him to kill his fiancee and then himself.; Three crooks hide the money they've stolen and agree to retrieve it in a year. but each one plots to get the loot for himself, which leads to their deaths.; Alien scientists are disgusted when they look at the humans they have collected from Earth under their microscopes and recommend that the small planet be destroyed.